Govt capital-market reforms decisions due in months, but dropped from published action plan

Govt capital-market reforms decisions due in months, but dropped from published action plan
Commerce Minister Scott Simpson has defended the pace of reform (Image: Supplied)
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A plan to reform the country’s capital markets has been dropped from the Government’s most recent quarterly action plan, but Commerce Minister Scott Simpson says this doesn’t mean progress isn’t being made. Some in the finance industry have quietly expressed concern to BusinessDesk about the pace of progress on earlier-signalled NZX changes. “You can say something’s a priority, but you’ve actually got to deliver on it,” one market participant said.However, Simpson defended the pace at wh...

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